Metrolinx hopes to better accommodate its four-legged travellers.

The regional transit agency is reviewing its pet policy, spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins told Metro. The move follows a widely circulated petition in which Kimberly Fleming of Port Credit called for change after her 14-kg dog was refused entry to buses and trains. She was told the dog couldn't ride unless enclosed in a carrier.

The existing pet policy only allows licensed service dogs, while other dogs can be permitted to board only if they're crated in secure carriers in a way that does not “inconvenience other customers.”

“She makes some compelling arguments,” said Aikins of Fleming's petition, which suggests designating some cars as dog-free or restricting leashed dogs on the first level.

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